Quotes About Uncertainty

The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

Wird's besser? Wird's schlimmer?, fragt man alljährlich. Aber seien wir ehrlich, Leben ist immer lebensgefährlich.

Dass man lebt, ist Zufall; dass man stirbt, ist gewiss.

We are little flames poorly sheltered by frail walls against the storm of dissolution and madness, in which we flicker and sometimes almost go out…we creep in upon ourselves and with big eyes stare into the night…and thus we wait for morning.

Sometimes I used to think that one day i should wake up, and all that had been would be over. forgotten, sunk, drowned. Nothing was sure - not even memory.

The pain of not knowing what to do was exceeded only by that of knowing what I had done.

A "morning after" confrontation with the harsh daily reality can painfully destroy an erroneous understanding of an experience. Today may be beautiful, but tomorrow is another day and may have a different tint. ( "Morning after" )

Life is a tale full of expectations and each new episode, each fresh piece gives us a new definition to the message of our story. ( "Waiting for the pieces to fall into place" )

Sometimes life turns its back to people. A misfortune, a physical accident or a mental emergency can take them by surprise. Similar to the unexpected assault on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers in New York, which took a whole nation by surprise , the lives of individuals can be suddenly disrupted.

want relationships to work like an ATM. I give to others, and they spit out exactly what I request. Instead, it's more like a slot machine. I never know what I'm going to get in return, and sometimes I get nothing but X's across the board.

Can nothing change what is about to happen

It's been so hard!" she whispered. "I don't know what our destiny is!" Cloudstar bent his head toward her. "Your destiny is what you make it, Leafstar.

Neither of them is right. And neither of them is wrong. Prophecies are strange things. Their words are never clear.

Dovepaw made a mess of the hunting, true. But she ran to help a Clanmate in trouble when she had no idea what danger she would have to face on the other side of that bramble thicket. And when we couldn't get Icecloud out of the hole, she was quick to volunteer to be lowered down to help her, even though no cat really knew what might have been down there.

Stormtail watching Moonflower with a light in his eyes that made Goosefeather's stomach clench. Of all the warriors, would Moonflower choose him as her mate?

Is this the beginning of the end?

There are times when a storm is just a storm.

Stormfur dropped the mouse, suddenly looking exhausted. When he lifted his head, his eyes were shadowed with uncertainty. "I've decided to stay with the Tribe.

She couldn't figure out whether he really wanted to be with Daisy, or whether he still loved Brightheart and was just being a mouse-brained tom.

But he knew now, with a sureness that filled him with horror, that the voice had never been the voice of StarClan

He knew he had been unfair, but they had asked a question he wasn't ready to answer, a question so frightening that he couldn't begin to think what it might mean. What if Bluestar never recovered?

You will know when the time comes," Cloudstar replied. Could you be any more vague? Firestar thought irritably.

Yes, anything could happen at any time.

Tawnypelt drew in a long breath. "If that's true . . . what about Sol?" "Sol has decided to leave ShadowClan," Littlecloud replied. "Decided?" Lionblaze whispered into Hollyleaf's ear. "Look out for flying hedgehogs.